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Ponoko
Company blog · blog.ponoko.comdesignhardwarebusiness
Ponoko is the company blog at blog.ponoko.com, writing about design, hardware and business. Since 2010, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often ““Ten Rules for Maker Businesses” by Wired’s Chris Anderson”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ponoko's blog for posts on on-demand manufacturing, its PandaBot 3D printer, and advice for small maker businesses, such as Chris Anderson's 2010 'ten rules for maker businesses' post.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Laser cutting and 3D printing for makers & businesses – Get your product designs custom made by our designers and robots, fast - Ponoko
Most-linked posts?
- “Ten Rules for Maker Businesses” by Wired’s Chris Anderson4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2011-01-05
What Hacker News says?
Thanks. The basic thought was to get it to a point that we could provide it to designers and university students with little to no engineering experience and they could start printing their 3d models right away. Hence, the heavy emphasis on self-calibration and ease-of-use. The price range just works because we also designed it from the start to be a manufactured product, so we get an economy of scale very quickly a…
Comment linking /2012/10/04/pandabot-3d-printer-launches-on-kickstarter/
on “PandaBot: A friendly, affordable 3D printer”Submitted RepRap printed circuits as a story · 51 points
HN discussionI'm not sure if this applies to your situation, but some of the open source hardware vendors run small time operations selling actual, physical things, with only one or two employees, over the internet. Chris Anderson, previous editor of Wired, started such a business and wrote up some interesting lessons for these types of small business: http://blog.ponoko.com/2010/11/16/ten-rules-for-maker-busine... Adafruit, and…
Comment linking /2010/11/16/ten-rules-for-maker-businesses-by-wireds-chris-anderson-%E2%80%94-rule-1/
on “Any obvious resources to learn the dos/donts of logistics?”Submitted “Ten Rules for Maker Businesses” by Wired’s Chris Anderson as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rule #1: Make a Profit as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Truss-crawling robot builds its own structure to climb on as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted $250 Arduino-powered robotic hand as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open source resin 3D printers in development « Ponoko – Blog as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Chris Anderson's (Wired) Rules for "Maker" Businesses that sell physical goods as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Inflatable robotic arm for DARPA as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rules for Maker Businesses as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ponoko's Personal Factory 4 Released - Now with 3D Printing. as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ponoko now offers 3D printing through a partnership with CloudFab as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 3d printed M.C. Escher's impossible structures as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ten-year-old wins first place at a university-level robotics competition as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hobo codes for digital nomads as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How digital fabrication is democratizing product design as a story · 1 points
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